THE MORNING
ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1001
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
Established 1875.
Published Daily Except Monday by
TBW J. S. DELLINGfcR cOMPAHY.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
By mail, per year $7.00
By carrier, per month-.... 60
WEEKLY ASTORIA,
mail, per year, in advaaea.. 11.00
most roinpenaiiting oit. Vuolo Sam
is talking about building n light -lumso
vtsle for this itlstrlot uml this offers
a first-class opportunity to Iniuigurate
ti systom that would mean much for
the safety of human life and IncaU ii
lnm stows or property, There are
times when thts class of vessels are
the only ones to run across crippled
ships, and they should be In position
to render the utmost of service that
cannot be waited for. The Idea Is n
wholesome one, mut conies from a
practical seaman.
Entered a seeond-elkM matter Jul;
It, 1M. at the poatofflee at Astoria, ure
ton, under tUe act of Congress ot March ,
IKS.
aarOMors for Um dellTOnnjf of Tsi Mom
m irroiujt to etthsr retfctawa or place of
taithuaa nay be made by postal card or
through tetocboo. Any InwjruUrlty in d
Umnr should ba 'miMjktWj reported to the
office ot publication.
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Official paper of Chttaop county and
the Glty of Astoria,
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WEATHER.
Western Washlngtong and
Oregon Occasional rain.
Eastern Oregon and Wash-
lngton and Idaho Rain or
anow.
THE LOOMING GRAFT.
There is a graft looming upon the
legislative horizon of Oregon, that de
mands the timely and earnest thought
of the men who must create It if It Is
to be thrust upon the people. There
Is a forceful but quiet effort on foot to
put the public printing business of the
state on a basis of needless and end
less cost to the taxpayer. The Typo
graphical Union, (presumably at the
instance of the syndicated type-founders
and other collateral agencies), is
sponsoring the thing and lending it
all the unction derlveable from Its
specific sanction. The idea is to pass
the public printing over to the state,
in toto; to build a new building at
Salem to house a new and costly
plant; to enlist a corps of printers,
with foreman, sub-foreman, and all
the departmental hangers-on usually
found in such relations; to put the
State Printer on a big salary, and
keep the "printing expert" on the rolls
at another; to make the department
another element of political refuge
and emolument for the vags and boo
sters of the '"bosses," and to pile up an
indefinite and utterly useless bill of
expense for the people to pay. In
other words, to emulate the folly of
which California has been the victim
in the establishment of her state prin
ting bureau, one of the worst blun
ders she ever made, and which will
live no longer than outraged public
sentiment there can crystallze itself
in the utter extinction of the plan and
plant.
It behooves every legislator to go
into the very meat and marrow of
this scheme to unearth all its dangers
and disadvantages and fight it to ear
ly and complete defeat. There Is but
one thing for the state to do with her
printing, and that Is to put It out to
the people in the business, upon the
same basis that all other public util
ities are maintained and all other ser-
vice secured; public contracts for pu
bile work Is the rule of compensation
and safety, and the state no more
needs a public printery than she needs
a public grocery, or public livery-stable
for the housing of the animals
that happen to be on her roster. Put
the printing out on contract bals, to
the lowest and safest bidder; keep
public "expert" on a decent salary, to
see to the utter fulfillment of the con
tracts, and give the people of the state
in that business the same chance that
is given in a hundred other lines of
auxllliary service. But, in the name
of sense and economy, spike the guns
of this approaching evil.
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. AN ELEMENT OF SAFETY.
A friend who accasionally puts his
feet on our desk, suggests that It
would not be a bad idea for the go
vernment, In the building of all its
new coast-service vessels, such as
lightships, light-house-tende's, rev
enue' cutters, and small craft gene
rally, to equip them with the latest
and best models of steam towlng-bits
and cable-reels, In order that they
may do the specific and timely thing
for ships and other deep-sea craft in
trouble. It would cost something, per
haps, and the mechanism might re
main Idle for the greater part of the
time, but when its utility was deman
ded it would probably be of the
THE MERCIFUL FROST.
The people of the Northwest will
hall with gratification the merciful In
tervention of the frost now upon the
land, as a check upon the Hoods that
have ravaged it. Not In long years
has there been such loss and damage
as the past ten days have unfolded I
this section of the country. In the
ma(n. this territory of ours la pecu
llarly blessed with freedom from
cllmatrlc excesses, and such vlslta
tlons as have befallen us lately, are
accentuated by their rarity. We d
not take the proper measure of our
exemptions, and an occasional twist
to the side of loss and defeat may be
1 beneficial in the way of a lesson.
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TONIGHT'S CONVENTION.
It is to be hoped that the convention
of the Cltisens' Party of Astoria, bll
led for a session at the city hall to
night, will do nothing to disturb th
quietude of the pending campaign
that its nominees may be of the sort
already tacitly accepted by the people
at large: that it will do the clever
thing In the matter of the city attor
neyshlp and endorse the candidacy of
Mr. Abercromble with the same friend
Ilness that has characterized the re
publican confirmation of Mayor Wise's
renomination and re-election: that the
Issues of the "off year" may be. as to
policies and men. all that the vast ma
jorlty of Astorians can ratify at the
polls. It is a good thing for "men to
dwell together in unity," once In
while, at least.
The Negro's Solemn Duty
Liu Auu'rioii e:m do JW tho negro; thoro is
run oukski.vks. no cxwut.vo
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EDITORIAL SALAD.
There are 10,000 young women in
Chicago who are obliged to work for
5 a week.
A wise mother tells girls that a ca
reer is not nair so desirable as a gooa
husband.
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Of the 46,216 employes In the pos
tal and telegraph service In London,
7,557 are women.
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The Ideal existance is that of the
homemaker, the devoted wife and en
dearing mother.
Too many girls are willing to marry
the first man who Is a candidate for
matrimony.
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Mrs. Sage has presented $2,000 In
cash to her coachman, and she Is go
ing to build a $4,000 cottage for him.
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Cultivate the habit of making al
lowances for the opinions and feelings
of others, as well as their prejudices.
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When we have moved heaven and
earth to get a thing, Isn't It amazing
to discover how little we really do
want It.
A lonely life may not be delirious
ly charming, but it is a great Im
provement on an unhappy married
existence.
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When days are dark and deeply blue
Wife has her troubles, same as you;
Show her that your love Is true
Tell her so!
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Kansas farmers are complaining
that their ears of corn this year are
too long for shelter. There Is always
something the matter with Kansas.
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The Government Agricultural De
partment has just issued a valuable
book about the art of Irrigation. It
can be secured free by application to
the Secretary of Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C.
Concentrated lye and molasses
make a good paste to daub around
the rat holes. It makes rats so ten
derfoots that theyj leave. Keep it
where cats or any other useful thing
cannot get Into it.
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If you do not own a good saddle
horse, get one. The landscape looks
fairer and the outlook in life much
more cneerrul from the back of a
horse after a half hour's ride, than
from any other point of view.
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Two hundred dollars for ten ears of
corn may seem an extravagant pnef
to pay, but such an amount will be
given to some pupil from the schools
of Minnesota for the best 10 ears pro
duced in the State.
y nOOKEIl T. WASHINGTON
rHKK is much that tho 1'i-avo, intelligent, patriotic white men
much that wo can
authorities hIiouuI
si t. it that e'verv law is enforced regardless of raeo or color
that tiro weak are protected from injustice from the strong. Wo
have cN:Mvp'"? in several of the southern states that this is being done
iu an oiioH,mging degree. Without the encouragement and protection
of the law it is not possible for the negro to succeed (is n laborer or IN
ANY LINK OF IJUSIXESS.
On the uv gro's part we have n duty. Our lenders should boo to it
that the criminal negro is got rid of wherever possible. Making allow
uncos' for mistakes, injustice and tho influence of racial prejudice,
have no hesitation m saying that one of tho elements m our prescn
situation that gives mo most concern is tho largo number of crimes
that are being committed by members of our race. TIIK NKOKO IS
COMMITTING TOO MUCH CRIME iu the north and in the
south.
WE SHOULD SEE TO IT, AS FAR AS OUR INFLUENCE EX
TENDS, THAT CRIMES ARE FEWER IN NUMBER) OTHERWISE THE
RACE WIVL PERMANENTLY 8UFFER.
The crime of lynching everywhere and at all times should be con
demned, and those who commit a crime of any nature should be con
demncd. Our southland today has no greater enemy to business prop
ress than lvnchers and those who PROVOKE LYNCHING.
AMUSEMENTS
The Temptation of "Getting"
By Rev. FRANCO L PATTON. Preldnt Princeton Thioloilcil Seminary
O the poor man I say, "You poor man, you sell your muscle,
you eat the bread of toil, ONLY TO BE DESPISED by
those more prosperous."
And to the rich man I sav: "Are YOU anv bottort
You have bov.ght and sold, your strong box is stuffed with securities,
yours is the first fruit of tho FARMERS' PRODUCE, vou travel
across the countrv in vour private car. but death comes. Death is a
flood that overawes vou both, and vou both must seek refuge in eternal
life, the character of which is determined by your conduct HERE."
IT IS IiKTTER TO RE THAN TO HAVE. But many of
us think the opposite. We go through college and we say these pro
fessional attainments musfbring us something, and we start in to get.
Nobody is saving anything against ACCUMULATION, but be
ware of avarice !
LET NOT THE MONEY CHANGERS MAKE THEIR HOME IN THE
SACRED PLACES OF THE SOUL. LEAVE A LITTLE SPACE THERE
AT LEAST FOR ART AND LITERATURE.
bier. That Is what the court derided
In Beaver Kalis, Pu., when Mrs. J.
L. Harsha, wife of a prominent Iron
manufacturer, pleaded guilty and paid
her fine, after arraignment in court
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The cow that you think the most of
may be the very one you ought to get
rid of. Find out about that. Test
all your cows. Don't be satisfied with
one; keep at it till you know. Then
do something about It.
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False hair Is being shipped all over
the world by the carload, because to
be in the fashion a woman must have
her head padded out, puffed up and
ung with false hair. In Paris they
have gone so far as to have what Is
called "the transformation," which Is
a sort of a wig that can be donned
at a moment's notice so that the hair
may match the gown to be worn.
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Few International titled marriages
ave proved successful, out of 174
American heiresses of more or less
note who have bought foreign husbands
with $231,000,000 In dowries, there
are less than twenty from whom re
ports of unhapplness have not rome
to America. Perhaps $200,000,000 has
been scattered among foreign hus
bands who have mistreated and hu
miliated the women who trusted them.
Famous 8trikt Breakers.
The most famous strike breakers
In the land are Dr. King's New Life
Pills. When liver and bowels go on
strike, they quickly aettl the trouble,
and the purifying work goes right on.
Best cure for constipation, headache
and dlzzitness. 25c at Chas, Rogers',
druggist.
A novel fwllng of leaping, bounding
Impulse goes through your body. Vou
ft I young, act young and are young
after taking Holster's Rocky Moun
tain Tea. Tea or Tablets, 33 O'Htri.
For sale by Frank Hart.
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Willi
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Eruption Broke Out in Spots All
Over Body Caused a Continual
Itching for Two Years Doctor's
Medicine Did no Good Cured at
Expense of only $1,25 and Now
In Turkey there are 1,500 schools In
which girls received education. There
are forty secondary schools having 3,
000 girls on their rolls. The learning of
the Koran Is compulsory and arithme
tic, geography and elementary science
are taught. Teaching has now become
respectable profession and young
omen, after passing the normal ex
aminations, elect to become tutoresses
distant parts of the empire.
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Made Happy for Life.
Great happiness came Into the home
of S. C. Blair, school superintendent, !
St. Alban's, West Virginia, when 1
his little daughter was restored from ;
the dreadful complaint he names. He
says: "My little daughter had St. VI-
THANKS CUTICURA
FOR COMPLETE CURE
n
Bridge whlt Is gambling and the
society woman who gives a bridge
whist party with a prize for the win
ner of the most games may be ar
rested and fined as a common gam-
tiia' rtanna whlnh irfalrlad in -,. (ant.
vu ..v-, j.w.... w w i.i,ti.-i ana two exira c;iikoh ui tunuui
ment. but grew steadily worse until ! and was completer? cured. 1 had
as a last resort we tried Electric Bit- i ijiffercd, for two years, and I again
a t ,i,,i o v.,-l thank Cuticura for my cure, li you
"Some time ago I wrote you for a
book on the Cuticura Remedies and
received it O. K. and went and bought
the Soap, Ointment, and Tills. They did
me more good than any medicine I ever
used. They cured me of my skin disease,
and I am very thankful to you. My
trouble was eruption of tho skin, which
broke out in sixits all over my body,
and caused a continual itching which
nearly drove mo wild ut times. I got
medicine of a doctor, but it did not euro
me, and when I saw in n paper your
ad., I sent to you for tho Cuticura fjook
ana I studied my case in it. I then
went to the drug store and bought one
cake of Cuticura Soap, ono box of Cu
ticura Ointment, and ono vial of Cuti
cura Pills. From tho first application
I received relief. I used tho first sot
and two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap.
STAR THEATER
I OEVURTZ, Manager
Margarita Fisher C o.
IN-
THE GREAT BLUE GRASS
DERBY
Popular Prices:
;Box Office Opens 7:30.
15c, 25c and 35c.
Curtain Rises at 8:15 Sharp.
Scats ran be secured by Telephone Main 3831 for all performances,
Hox office open from 1 until 4 p. in. daily
ASTORIA THEATRE
k. v, i:lvi:ks, Mjrr.
TO-NIGHT
Theflack Swain Theater Co.
WILL PRKSKNT
THE INSIDE TRACK
PRICES, 15c, 25c, 35c. No More.
SCOf BAT IRON & BRASS FORKS
AMTOHIA, OKKiJON
RON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENCINEERS
VHo Put HswlitUI Wmiilnrrjl IT.i. l altrtitioti'rlYrn'li ul. rr tr ork
18thMl Frank lln Ave. Tel. Main '.'Iff I
The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co., Inc.
Successor to Foard & Stokei C.
HEADQUARTERS FOB
Ranges, Stoves, Tinware, Crockery
Graniteware, Glassware,
Iron and Steel Tools and Ship Chandlery. Headquarters for Hardware.
FINANCIAL.
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, Prenldent.
I. PRTFTRFOV, i'l Present.
i-RANK PATTON, Caahler.
J. W. GARNER, AinbUnt CmqIu,
Astoria Savings Bank
Capital raid In 1100,000, Surpiun ud Uridlrldnd 1'roflU K.lM
TramaeUi (leneral rtHtiklug llunlnnm, lnUiriwl I'uld tin Time l)ril
"ft Twnth Otrt,
A9TOKIA, OREGON
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore,
i:.STAHLIHHi:i) 18MM.
Capital $100,000
ters; and I rejoice to nay, three hot
., ' . . . . . " . . wish, vou may pumitm mis. jour
ties errectea a complete cure." Quick, j frienj forever, ClaudfiN.Jolnmon, Maple
sure cure for nervous complaints, gen
eral debility, female weaknesses, Im
poverished blood and malaria. Guar
anted by Chas. Rogers' drug store.
Price 60c.
Agency Secured.
We have secured the agency for
Orlno Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new
laxative that makes the liver lively,
purifies the breath, cures- headacho
and regulates the digestive organs.
Cures chronic constipation. Ask us
about it. T. F. Lauren, Owl Drug
Store
Grove Farm , R. F. D. 2, Walnut, Kan.,
June 15, 1905."
nan nan rraii
Scratch I Scratch I Scratch I This
is the condition of thousands of skin-tortured
men, women, and children, who
niay be instantly rdioved and speedily
cured by warm baths with Cuticura Soap
and gentlo applications of Cuticura Oint
ment, the Rrcat Skin Cure, and mild
dosns of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, when
physicians and all else fail.
Fold throiJRliout Uic world. Cuticura Soap, iff.,, Olnt.
muni, IWc, KHMlmit, Win. (In form ot Cliucnlala Cnalea
I'lll,, 2&c. per vial of 00), may lw liall of all iriiifill. A
liiigl ""n ',lr'-'. roUvr Drug ft Chen. Curp., Sola
Proof., llonton, Mum.
- MU1 "All AWutftli Skin, Scalp, and Ualr."
Sherman Transler Co.
'HENRY HJ1KKMAN, Miinauttr
U4ckn, Carriagea llnggugv Checked and TranHforreJ Truck ard Furnlttr
Wagons Pianoa Moved,
433 Commercial Street
lloxed and Shipped.
Phone Main 1?)
VITR
OPIANE
The new artistic window deco
ration, A substitute for stained
glass at one twentieth the cost.
Easily applied.
B. F. ALLEN & SON
NEW STORE COS. nth AND BOND STREETS.